A suicide bomb exploded near a U.S.-led coalition military convoy in Afghanistan on Friday, killing 5 civilians, a coalition soldier and an Afghan soldier, military and police officials said. Three ...

Two weeks ago in Pakistan a leading anti-Taliban cleric was killed by a suicide bomber. CNN's Senior International Correspondent Nic Robertson visited his son at the school where his father was killed ...

“Where do you want me to rape you?” another message read. More than 5,000 calls and messages bombarded Marzieh Hamidi’s phone in the days after the Afghan Taekwondo champion dared to suggest that her ...

(CNN) — Malala Yousafzai has never stopped fighting for the rights of women, even after it almost cost the Nobel-Prize-winning activist her life. “They can definitely find opportunities for these ...

(CNN) — The Taliban’s refugee minister was killed in a suicide bombing carried out by ISIS in the Afghan capital Kabul on Wednesday, according to officials. Khalil Haqqani is the uncle of current ...

Mehsud, the leader of the Pakistani Taliban with ties to al Qaeda, remains at large Opposition leader Bhutto killed as she left a rally December 27 RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (CNN)-- Pakistani Taliban ...

Sirajudin Haqqani, leader of the Haqqani Network terrorist organization, said that "good news" is in store for Afghan girls wanting to attend school.

(CNN) — The International Criminal Court (ICC) is seeking arrest warrants for Taliban leaders for alleged gender-based crimes, as the group continues to crack down on women’s rights in Afghanistan.

The boys shuffle into the room in a remote army base high in the mountains of Pakistan's Swat Valley. They are disheveled, disoriented. There are no smiles, their eyes stare at the floor. These are ...